The bonnethead shark is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to southern Brazil, including Cuba, the Bahamas and the northern Gulf of Mexico. In the eastern Pacific, it occurs from southern California to Ecuador. The bonnethead is one of the most abundant shark species along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast. View Fact Sheet

The range of the brown shrimp extends from Massachusetts through Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. It is commonly found in estuaries and inshore coastal waters to depths of about 360 feet, usually in areas with muddy bottoms. View Fact Sheet

The cownose ray occurs in the western Atlantic from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and Brazil. It also occurs in the eastern Atlantic along limited sections of the coast of Africa. View Fact Sheet

The flathead or “striped” mullet is a common fish in subtropical and warm temperate coastal areas throughout the world. It is found in inshore marine and estuarine water, as well as in rivers near the sea. View Fact Sheet

The Florida pompano is a marine fish commonly encountered in inshore waters along the coast of the Southeastern U.S. Its body has a silver coloration and distinctive shape, with its eye located close to the mouth. View Fact Sheet

The Forbes’ sea star is found from the Gulf of Maine to Texas. It is probably the most common sea star along the coast of the southeastern U. S. It lives on rock, gravel or sand bottoms and is commonly encountered at low tide on rocky surfaces. View Fact Sheet

The goliath grouper inhabits the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to southern Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. It also occurs in the eastern Atlantic along parts of the coast of Africa and in the eastern Pacific from the Gulf of California to Peru. View Fact Sheet

Hermit crabs are distributed throughout the world’s oceans. There are many different types represented by a wide range of shapes and sizes. All of them have one thing in common: they live inside an empty snail shell or similar shelter. View Fact Sheet

The horseshoe crab is found along the coast of the western Atlantic from Maine to the Yucatan. The largest population is in the Delaware Bay region where tens of thousands of adults congregate to spawn on sandy beaches every spring. View Fact Sheet

The loggerhead sea turtle lives in shallow coastal waters in tropical and warm temperate seas all over the world. View Fact Sheet

The lookdown is found in shallow coastal waters of the western Atlantic from Maine to Uruguay, including the Gulf of Mexico. Its preferred habitat is over hard or sandy bottom areas. Juveniles occur in estuarine areas and off sandy beaches. View Fact Sheet

The northern right whale is one of the most amazing marine animals that appear along the Georgia coast. Every winter, these large mammals migrate from their breeding grounds off New England and Nova Scotia to the coastal waters of Georgia and North Florida to give birth to their calves. View Fact Sheet

The red lionfish is native to the Indo-Pacific region where it is widely distributed among coral and rock reefs and other tropical inshore habitats. It has been introduced into the western Atlantic and can now be found in coastal waters from New York to South Florida, as well as in Bermuda, the Bahamas and parts of the Caribbean. View Fact Sheet

This freshwater fish was once thought to be extinct. First described in 1870, the robust redhorse sucker was not correctly identified again until over 100 years later. It lives in a few rivers in the Southeastern United States. View Fact Sheet

The vermilion snapper occurs in the western Atlantic from Bermuda and North Carolina to Brazil, including the West Indies. It inhabits moderately deep water over rock, gravel or sand bottom near the edge of the continental shelf and around island shelves. View Fact Sheet

The yellowmouth grouper is a marine fish found in the western Atlantic from the Gulf of Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean Islands south to Brazil. It occurs mostly on rocky or coral bottoms from the shoreline to about 180 feet. View Fact Sheet